Towards Progress and Social Partnerships in Tajikistan: First Meeting of the National Tripartite Committee for Decent Work

In his opening speech, Emin Sanginzoda, First Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment, welcomed the Committee members and briefed them on the issues to be discussed at the meeting.

Sobir Aminov, ILO National Coordinator in Tajikistan, updated the Committee on the progress in the implementation of Tajikistan’s Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) for 2015-2017, followed by a discussion. While the Committee members commended satisfactory progress of DWCP implementation, they suggested focusing more on specific outcomes.

Artiom Sici, ILO Specialist on Social Protection in Tajikistan, outlined some of the upcoming steps towards an Assessment-Based National Dialogue on social protection.

The event proved to be an excellent opportunity to present the National Report on an Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE). The authors of the Report, the ILO, the Union of Employers and the Association of Small and Medium-Sized Business noted the progress made in this area during the last years and the key challenges that Tajikistan is facing. As noted by Azizbek Sharipov, Chairman of the Union of Employers, «the Report is a result of intensive cooperation between the ILO and the Employers’ Organizations for the past year, with focus on research and analysis of key constraints for sustainable enterprises». The Report was produced within the ILO project «From the Crisis towards Decent and Safe Jobs», Phase II, and supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.

At the final session, the Committee was briefed on the key outcomes of the UNDAF for 2016-2020 in Tajikistan and highlighted their linkages with the SDGs, focusing on areas particularly relevant to the mandate of the National Tripartite Committee for Decent Work in Tajikistan.